THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF R. M.S. BEAGLE, 



UNDER THE COMMAND OF C APT. FITZROY, R.N. 



DURING TTIE-YMRS 1832 to 1836. 

 Edited and Superintended by CHARLES DARWIN, Esq., M.A. F.R.S. V.P.G.S., Naturalist to theExpedition. 

 Comprising highly-finished representations of the most novel and interesting objects in Natural History, collected during 

 the voyage of the " Beagle,'' with descriptive Letterpress. 



Figures are given of many species of animals hitherto unknown or but imperfectly described, together with an account 

 of their habits, ranges, and places of habitation. 



The collections were chiefly made in the provinces bordering on the Rio Plata, in Patagonia, the Falkland Islands, Tierra 

 del Fuego, Chili, and the Galapagos Archipelago in the Pacific. 



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Nos. 1, 7, 8, and 13. 



FOSSIL MAMMALIA. 



By Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., 



Professor of Anatomy and Physiology to the Royal College 



of Surgeons, London. 



With a Geological Introduction, 

 By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. 



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MAMMALIA. 



By George R. Waterhouse, Esq., 



Curator of the Zoological Society of London, Sec. 



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Nos. 3,6, 9, 11, and 15. 



BIRDS. 



By John Gould, Esq., F.L.S. 



With a Notice of their Habits and Ranges, 



By Charles Darwin, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. 



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FISH. 



By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A. F.R.S. 



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REPTILES. 



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THE ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. SULPHUR. 



Under the command of Capt. SIR EDWARD BELCHER, R.N. OB. F.R.G.S., &c. 



Edited and Superintended by RICHARD BRINSLEY HINDS, Esq., Surg., R.N., Attached to theExpedition. 

 Among the countries visited by the Sulphur, and which in the present state of Science are invested with more particular 

 interest, may be mentioned the Californias, Columbia River, the North-west coast of America, the Feejee Group (a portion 

 of the Friendly Islands), New Hebrides, New Ireland, New Guinea, China, and Madagascar. 



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Parts 1 and 2, MAMMALIA, by J.E.Gray, Esq., F.R.S., Parts 3 and 4, BIRDS, by J. Gould, Esq., F.R.S., 

 Part 5, FISH, by J. Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., and Parts 6, 7 and 8, containing SHELLS, by R.B.Hinds, Esq., are 

 now published; and Part 9, containing the Second Part of FISH, by Dr. Richardson, will be published on the 

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THE BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H. M. S. SULPHUR. 



By GEORGE BENTHAM, Esq., F.L.S., &c. 



During the widely extended voyage of Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, the subject of Botany was pursued 

 with much diligence, many hitherto unexplored localities were visited, and the collections brought home 

 afford a number of plants of very considerable interest to science, and which are conveniently divided into the 

 following geographical heads. These different departments are preceded by notices of the climate and seasons, 

 and of the general features of the localities and vegetation, by Mr. Hinds ; and the New Species are determined 

 and described by Mr. Bentham. 



I. Nortii-west America, embracing Kikhtak in Alashka, Port Etches in King William's Sound, Rose 

 Island, Port Mulgrave, Sitka, Nootka Sound, and the Columbia River. 



II. California, embracing Bodegas, San Francisco, and the Rio Sacramento in Upper California ; and 

 San Pedro, San Diego, San Queutin, San Bartolome, Bay of Magdelena, aud Cape San Lucas in Lower 

 California. 



lit. Western Tropical America, embracing the island of Puna in the Bay of Guayaquil, Salango, San 

 Pedro in Columbia, Atacames, Tumaco, island of Gorgona, Panama and the adjacent island of Taboga, Bay of 

 Honda, Realejo, Gulfs of Nicoya and Fonseca, Acapulco, Manzanilla, San Bias, and the country about Topic. 



IV. Pacific Ocean, embracing the Sandwich Islands, Marquesas Islands, Bow Island in the Pomotou or 

 low coral islands, and Society Islands. 



V. New Ireland and New Guinea, embracing also the Feejee Islands, and Tanna in the New Hebrides, 

 presenting a transition vegetation of considerable interest, between the Asiatic and Pacific. 



VI. China, embracing IIonw-Konjr, and the neighbouring islands, with the banks of the Canton River, 



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and such other situations as circumstances permitted the Naturalists to examine. 



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